YOU HAVE SEEN HIM. TODAY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY KARI BRANDENBURG WILL TALK ABOUT A SPIKE IN BURGLARIES IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. POLICE SAY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS... IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOCK YOUR DOORS, WINDOWS AND CARS. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANGELA BRAUER REPORTS PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE BECOME COMPLACENT ABOUT SUCH WARNINGS. SUMMER IN NEW MEXICO... IT'S A FUN TIME - KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL, PEOPLE ARE TAKING VACATION... GOING PLACES LIKE THE POOL FOR EXAMPLE... BUT POLICE SAY IT'S ALSO A MORE DANGEROUS TIME OF YEAR. "were always a little more lax" THAT'S WHY YOU ALWAYS HEAR THIS MESSAGE AT THE START OF SUMMER: "lock your windows and doors, you're at the park playing, decided to take up some basketball don't take your valuables with you" BUT NOW THAT IT'S JULY... YOU MAY BE MORE COMFORTABLE LEAVING YOUR WINDOWS OPEN, YOUR DOORS UNLOCKED... MAYBE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE CRIME HAS GONE UP IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD... BUT THINK AGAIN. TODAY, SEVERAL POLICE AGENCIES ARE REPORTING INCREASED CRIME - SPECIFICALLY BURGLARIES AND BREAK INS. OFFICERS ASK... THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PROTECT YOURSELF... "Pretend like you're a burglar. Walk around your house, walk around your car, if you see anything you'd want to take, chances are that person will want to take it too." AND LOOK OUT FOR OTHERS, TOO. OFFICERS ARE ALSO ASKING DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN....BE AWARE THAT KIDS ARE STILL OUT OF SCHOOL AND PLAYING ON THE SIDEWALKS AND SOMETIMES IN THE STREET.

A Justice Department civil rights investigation has concluded that the Ferguson Police Department and the city's municipal court engaged in a "pattern and practice" of discrimination against African Americans, according to a U.S. law enforcement official.